Nonstop flight route between Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between City of Derry Airport (LDY), Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,964 miles (or 4,770 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between City of Derry Airport and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between City of Derry Airport and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about City of Derry Airport (LDY):

• In January 2009 the council appointed Albert Harrison, the former head of Belfast International Airport, as the new manager of the airport.
• Because of City of Derry Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at City of Derry Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• City of Derry Airport (LDY) currently has only 1 runway.
• After the war the base remained a military establishment until the 1950s when the Ministry of Defence returned much of the land to the original landowners.
• In addition to being known as "City of Derry Airport", another name for LDY is "Londonderry/Eglinton Airport[1]".
• A report by Ilex-URC in September 2010, pointed out that there is intentions to grow and increase the number of scheduled routes out of the airport from 7 as of 2010, to 10 by 2015, and 15 by 2020.
• The furthest airport from City of Derry Airport (LDY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,838 miles (19,051 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Aer Arann operated services to Manchester and Birmingham for a short time.
• City of Derry Airport handled 384,973 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to City of Derry Airport (LDY) is Belfast International Airport (BFS), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SE of LDY.

Facts about Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND):

• The furthest airport from Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,439 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport is equipped with Canada Customs facilities for aircraft coming from outside Canada, a car rental counter and a restaurant.
• The airport was inaugurated in 1978 and transferred to the City of Gatineau in 1991.
• In addition to being known as "Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport", other names for YND include "Ottawa/Gatineau Airport" and "Aéroport exécutif Gatineau-Ottawa".
• Because of Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 211 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND) is Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SW of YND.